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A French construction worker who confronted the Sydney mall attacker has been made an Australian permanent resident as a reward for his “extraordinary bravery”. Damien Guerot, 31, used a bollard to ward off killer Joel Cauchi, 40, at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre last Saturday. Cauchi stabbed six people to death and injured 12...

Guerot was also filmed brandishing a plastic chair as he ran toward Cauchi behind Police Inspector Amy Scott. Guerot along with fellow French national and colleague Silas Despreaux were with Scott when she ended Cauchi’s rampage with a fatal shot. Despreaux, like Guerot, had chased Cauchi and threw a barrier post at the killer but...

SYDNEY — French construction worker Damien Guerot was made an Australian permanent resident on Thursday as a reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. Guerot was nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media after security camera footage showed the 31-year-old standing...

Emergency services respond after multiple people stabbed at Sydney shopping centre For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The attack on a bishop at a church in Sydney on Monday has been declared an act...

SYDNEY – Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday a French construction worker who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall is welcome to stay in the country as long as he likes. Damien Guerot was nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media after security camera footage showed him standing...

Mr Guerot and Silas Despreaux, his friend, were walking to the gym on Saturday when they saw Cauchi – who had already stabbed 17 people including a baby – nearing a group of children. “We just saw him coming … we were thinking, ‘We need to try to stop him’,” Mr Guerot told Seven News....

Emergency services respond after multiple people stabbed at Sydney shopping centre For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A baby girl injured in a stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre has been...

A Frenchman who confonted the Sydney shopping centre attacker – earning the nickname “Bollard man” – has been offered Australian citizenship.  Damien Guerot used a bollard to try to stop the killer from hurting more people during Saturday’s attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction. Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed six people and...

Another blast of knife terror has hit Australia after teens brawled with a machete and “edged weapons” at a suburban shopping centre on Monday. Victoria Police has arrested two teenage boys, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, following the violent altercation that sent families with their children fleeing in fear. The bloody brawl erupted about 5pm...

By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:17 BST, 16 April 2024 | Updated: 13:11 BST, 16 April 2024 Terrified parents have fled a Melbourne shopping centre with their children after a bloody fight broke out between a group of machete-wielding youths. The group clashed inside the Woodgrove Shopping Centre at Melton in Melbourne’s north-west...

Emergency services respond after multiple people stabbed at Sydney shopping centre For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The attack on a bishop at a church in Sydney on Monday has been declared as an...

A teenager was arrested Monday in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia after a stabbing attack left a Christian bishop and several others wounded inside a church, Australian police said. Police said later that a 15-year-old boy was detained over the stabbing, which shocked people who were watching the bishop deliver his service both inside the...